String corollary to ug_findNumberInList() 1

[rooseter]

The ug_findNumberInList() works great for lists of numbers but I am struggling to find a similar way to search a list of string values for the position of a particular value in the list.

If I have a list expression as follows.

{"A","C","B"}

And I want to know the position of "B" in that list, how can I accomplish this task? I would want it to return a value of 2 after starting with zero for the first position.

[NX8.5.3.3]

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK, there's actually on 'undocumented' function which works much better for everyone concerned (I'm working on getting it properly documented). And that is the 'Position()' function. Now it works similar to the 'ug_findNumberInList()' function except that it supports BOTH numeric and alphabetical (i.e. Stings) 'List' entries.

So for your situation, it would go something like:

My_List = {"A","C","B"}
Number = Position("B",My_List) = 3

Please note that this will return a '3' and not a '2' as would the 'ug_findNumberInList()', if it would have worked with Strings.


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[rooseter]

Thank you very much sir! Exactly the simple solution I was looking for.